Gina Castro
Journalist at Freelance
Raised by Nuyoricans 🇵🇷 🏳️🌈 | Investigative reporter @journalsentinel | @MedillSchool alum | @PulitzerCenter fellow
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Mary Spicuzza |Gina Castro |Vanessa Swales |David Clarey
Federal agents arrested an immigrant on Milwaukee's south side on June 10, sparking fears from residents and local officials of a wider immigration crackdown. A family member said law enforcement officers who appeared to be immigration agents entered a four-unit apartment building on South 22nd Street at about 7 a.m. and arrested his brother-in-law, Mario Torres.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Mary Spicuzza |Gina Castro |Vanessa Swales |David Clarey
Federal agents arrested an immigrant on Milwaukee's south side on June 10, sparking fears from residents and local officials of a wider immigration crackdown. A family member said law enforcement officers who appeared to be immigration agents entered a four-unit apartment building on South 22nd Street at about 7 a.m. and arrested his brother-in-law, Mario Torres.
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3 weeks ago |
jsonline.com | Gina Castro
Hours before a fatal fire killed five people at a Highland Court Apartments, a woman burned a key fob and circuit board at one of the building's doors, prosecutors say. Lakescha Warley, 45, was charged with arson and criminal damage to property after being accused of using a "lighter or handheld personal torch" to damage the key fob, according to a criminal complaint.
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1 month ago |
jsonline.com | Gina Castro
Weeks after a fatalMother's Day apartment fire that killed five people, a Common Council committee called in city officials to review the city's sprinkler code. Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski continued to advocate for requiring sprinklers in residential buildings at the May 28 meeting of the Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development committee, calling it a "silver bullet solution" to deadly fires like the one in the Highland Court Apartments.
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1 month ago |
jsonline.com | Gina Castro
A deadly blaze that left five people dead on Mother's Day has prompted a debate over requiring automatic sprinklers in apartment buildings in Milwaukee. Highland Court Apartments, the site of the fire, was not required by city code to have sprinklers due to the apartment building's age. But Milwaukee FireChief Aaron Lipski said sprinklers could have saved lives in the May 11 fire.
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